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Every adult, whether he is a follower or a leader, a member of a mass or of an elite, was once a child. He was once small. A sense of smallness forms a substratum in his mind, ineradicably. His triumphs will be measured against this smallness; his defeats will substantiate it.

~Erik Erikson

Topics: Adult Against Child Defeats Elite Every Follower Forms He His Leader Mass Measured Member Mind Once Sense Small Triumphs Whether Will

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Parents must not only have certain ways of guiding by prohibition and permission, they must also be able to represent to the child a deep, almost somatic conviction that there is meaning in what they are doing.

~Erik Erikson

Topics: Able Almost Also Certain Child Conviction Deep Doing Guiding Meaning Must Only Parents Permission Prohibition Represent Ways

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The worst storyline I've ever been involved in I wasn't involved in, because I was clever enough to get pregnant with my second child and they wrote me out and they replaced me with Christine Jones. And thank God - that was the worst storyline.

~Erika Slezak

Topics: Because Been Child Clever Enough Ever Get God Involved Me Out Pregnant Replaced Second Storyline Thank Thank God Worst Wrote

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As a child I had dealt with a lot of loss and grief. I was constantly losing my parents, losing my home, constantly moving around, living with this stranger, that stepfather, or whatever.

~Erin Gray

Topics: Around Child Constantly Dealt Grief Had Home Living Losing Loss Lot Moving Parents Stepfather Stranger Whatever

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If you don't have a child, you're not a real woman. I know the ERA people will kill me for saying that.

~Erin Gray

Topics: Child Era Know Me People Real Saying Will Woman You

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As a small child, me and my pals fantasised about one day owning an ice-cream van. To have ice creams on demand would have been a dream come true.

~Erin O'Connor

Topics: About Been Child Come Day Demand Dream Ice Ice-Cream Me One Day Owning Pals Small Small Child True Van Would

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I am aware it's easy and may be fashionable to pose with a slum child, and the irony of getting the media along means that it can come across as disingenuous. But you take these things on board, and you hope you mean it whenever you get stuck into something.

~Erin O'Connor

Topics: Across Along Am Aware Board Child Come Disingenuous Easy Fashionable Get Getting Hope Irony May Mean Means Media Pose Slum Something Stuck Take Things Whenever You I Am

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As a child I wanted to be a ballerina, ice-cream van owner, wife of George Michael, a nun, and a music conductor.

~Erin O'Connor

Topics: Ballerina Child Conductor George Ice-Cream Michael Music Nun Owner Van Wanted Wife

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There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

~Erma Bombeck

Topics: Awake Child Christmas Morning Nothing Sadder Than World

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When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911.

~Erma Bombeck

Topics: Barking Bathroom Call Child Dog Doing He Locked Nothing Running Says Water

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